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November 20, 2014
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Marketing in Your Sleep: How to Build Links, Engagement, Mentions & Shares with Big Content
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Transcript
Marketing in your SLEEP Photo Credit: resaka
Content marketers have become
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“I woke up to produce content no one wants”
eBay - 32,000 Employees – 7 shares
Comcast – 115,000 employees- 12 shares
Could have done
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OR
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Death to the content calendar https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisschoenbohm/
1 man band https://www.flickr.com/photos/qsimple/
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What content can I produce? Where do I start? Audiences?
Personas? Keyword research? Twitter research ? FB research? Or…
Send a TWEET!
If you could ask your financial data any question, what
would it be?
Lead to this…
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Refused
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“7 ways to…” Get you to click on this headline
Do I tip well?
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Content Calendar?
1 year later 15 person team
Content https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidz New Lens
Content is too easy Content is a commodity
36,000 articles
Do 1 thing well https://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/
Give it away now
@iamchrisle
@iamchrisle
@iamchrisle
@iamchrisle
The REAL Win…
@iamchrisle
46 http://bit.ly/kw-competition
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Improves Moz Tools? Win for SEER + ALL of YOU!
Not Sold?
Our site’s traffic
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52 Sep 1 2012 –Jun 21 2014 545,235
Where am I going?
54 Well….
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56 Impact of Sustainable Content
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58 Duration: 60 days Users: 294,000 Investment: 200+ hrs $15,000
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60 Duration: 660 days Users: 292,000 Investment: 0 hrs
Every day it gives answers
Answers a curiosity
Gets Re-Discovered
ZERO EFFORT Since Launch!
Surprise! Social Pickup!
Surprise! Google Pickup!
While I was sleeping https://www.flickr.com/photos/coriehowell/
I’m Addicted
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Dr Pete Moz
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Big content is a BARRIER to ENTRY @dr_pete
DRIVE A WEDGE!
1 Question: If your content was removed from the web,
would anyone miss it?
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D Unicorns & Rainbows
The experience
80 Failed #RCS
Slow down learn the JOURNEY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theenmoy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theenmoy
You job is not over when something RANKS!
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/theenmoy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theenmoy
Ranking, but not working, how do you know?
Choose Your Own Adventure
Keep Alive?
OR?
Decisions, Decisions
Do I have a good data set? Is this a
problem worth solving? Occasional Use? Daily Use? Is this better than what exists? Did I overdesign the solution?
This CAN help people make better decisions CHOOSE: stick with
it. What’s next?
Make a 20% oopsbudget
© 2014 SEER Interactive | All Rights Reserved page 96
Usertesting.com
Inspectlet.com
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Mobile Pinch + Zoom
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Left over money?
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Switch Gears
Obsession with “get money”
108 Links get money @McGswagg
109 8 Quote Requests 1.08% Conversion Rate
110 20 Quote Requests 1.37% Conversion Rate
111 8 Quote Requests $1,600 20 Quote Requests $4,000
112 15 Quote Requests 0.62% Conversion Rate
113 54 Quote Requests 4.73% Conversion Rate
114 0.62% Conversion Rate $3,000 4.73% Conversion Rate $10,800
Useful #RCS that is not findable
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Doesn’t Rank
Secret for you People LOVE it
This is PRECISELY why SEO is NEVER EVER Going to
die
We have no coupons e-commerce site
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Jan 2012 – Sep 2014 $2.8M x 7% (commission) $196,000
124 That doesn’t include the $$ from assets, increased rankings,
assisted conversions etc.
Thank god for Six Flags!
Fun Tip: Email targeting w/ cancel page Sign up email
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Subject line targeting
Subject line targeting
Fun Tip: Cancel Query Targeting Competitor Frustration
Email targeting w/ cancel page sign up email
Email targeting w/ cancel page sign up email
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Target pages in GDN Don’t use the comp. name in
ads Target pages ranking well about Comcast/Sky Search Companion Ads Search-GDN
Enterprise content to drive conversions & ease frustrations @chadgingrich
Helping Customers in your SLEEP https://www.flickr.com/photos/coriehowell/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theenmoy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theenmoy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theenmoy
THANK YOU! @wilreynolds